The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-06-02
yrou 0sanA Rapids (lGieh> Rsai Hseats Word-l
pseAnSns FlerlAa-Deaattfal Talla-

hasoee.
The 81 Johns and its tributaries the interior
Of the Peninsula and the Gulf coast are familiar
10 the thousands who annually visit Florida,
hat - yet little hiss been known Of the beautiful
tallahassee country, sometime called fiedmon'
Florida. 1t b unlike any other portion Of the
6este. While in other sections OF the State the
visitor sees stretches OF pine forest with the face
Of the country slightly unduladng and sandy
so;l varied BY rich vegetable loan Ia the scat
tered hammOcks, here is found beautiful roll
Ing country with soil Of rich loan aud an un-
DERIVING stratum Of ferrugnous clay. There is
S ss1s nsss vsd hs asS
This region which might properly DO called
the garden of Florida extends from the charm
ine old Southern town Of Mariana at the west,
70 and o score of miles beyond Monticello, with
its superb surrounding farming lands at the east.
1t offers unbounded opportunities for investment
and presents peculiar attractions for settlers
from the North and West A glorious region.
fertile. beautiful, rich 10 all that goes to make
prosperity and happiness, and with people
among whom il Is q pleasure to live, 1t has yet
been neglected. It's boom" is just coming,
and because founded upon substantial grounds
it will be great one
Tallahassee, the State capital, is the centre of
this charming country. Great sloping hills rise
on every side, and forest stream, hill and dale
together. present series OF views that are un-
surpassed for natural beauty. The city is about
$50 feet above the sea level, while the SUBMITS
of some of the surrounding hills are OF greater
altitude. This section is not only delightful
winter resort but ia summer the heat Is tenn
pered by the Gulf breeze from the south. The
mean temperature in winter is 62.2 degrees-in
summer IT'S degrees, the thermometer seldom
ranging above IS degrees
The soil is prolific and needs but moderate
- fart;ls vin nd wi mi-fr
fruits flourish and flowers are raised in the open
air all through the winter, the fruits, garden and
other products of mere northern CLINE can be
cultivated as we'll Corn. rye, oats, tobacco, cot
ton, grass, etc., do well here Peaches, grapes,
pears figs, pomcgranate. English walnut, pc;
and are to be had for the picking. 1t is splen-
did farming country No section of the State
can offer greater inducements for general farm
ing. Through the northern portion OF the State
the spring is little earlier than some portions
further south, on account Of its nearness to the
Gulf of Mexico. While the fruit trees are just
budding forty miles further south in the INTERIOR
they are in full bloom here.
Dairy farming pays, and milk and butter find
ready market. Fine grades of stock all thrive.
The natural grass of the country affords fine pas
turage and when properly cured makes excellent
hay farmer last summer after making So
bushels of oats per acre off Of % acres, plOwed
and narrowed the land and let il grow up in ma
tive grass He paid no further attention to it ex-
cept occasionally to top the weeds which grew
up. In the fall he cut the hay, and from this %
acres obtained 80 tons of hay which he readily
sold at SIS per ton. There is nothing to prevent
this being one of the finest grazing countries in
the United States, and her stock raising and dairy
farming must pay.
The healthfulness of this section is proverbial.
In the early settlement of the country, 60 years
Oh o1o rso of fhn
numerous clearings by The new settlers, but now
this is no longer so. The country is open and
there are swamps and MARSHES. For some
time, until within the last FIVE years, there were
but two physicians in Tallahassee, or within
eight miles Of it, and they were by no means
busy.
Though comparatively q new State, Florida
has kept up with her Oldest sister in liberal en-
dowments of educational institutions. In Tai
lahassee is located the Estate Seminary, West of
the Suwanee." This institution is graded as a
college, and is endowed from a part of the pro-
ceeds of the sale OF SEMINARY lands" The
citizens support Q University Library, an extern
who wish 10 use them. The county also has a
fine free school system. All the leading re-
ligiOus denominations are represented by neat
churches, not only in Tallahassee but throughout
the county.
The late unpleasantness is a thing of the past,
and settlers from the North are received as
cordially as If ITO the manor born" 1t makes
no difference whether he is q Democrat or
Republican, former Copperhead or a soldier in
the Union army. He is received cordially, anu
his family is treated in the same way. The
present Mayor of Tallahassee, Hon. A. j. Fish,
was q soldier in the Union army. If man is
upright. he is welcome.
AS win ter resort, Piedmont, Fla, is unsur-
passed Its mild winter permits those bent on
pleasure 10 spend the entire day in open air,
and enjoy the magnificent drives over the hard
roads of the country, through vast orchards of
Lie Conte pears, in full bloom in February
groves of stately live oaks, and forests of oak
dogwood and magnolia.
This is the paradise of the Nimrod. Eight to
ten miles south of Tallahassee deer and wild
turkey abound, and In Lakes Jackson, Miccosu-
kee, IamOnia, Mcbride and ST. Marks river
which are from three to eighteen miles from Tai
lahassee, thousands of wild ducks can be found
If the hunter prefers larger game OF the aquatic
species, he has only to run down TO the Cult
coast, only few miles south Of Tallahassee
where he can find quantities Of wild geese Nor
is the votary OF the piscatora sport without en-
jOyment, even during the winter season. Apart
from being near the Gulf of Mexico, this section
abOunds in numerous streams. lakes and ponds
where the lovers OF this sport can follow it 10
their hearts content.
At present this section is connected with Jack
by one railroad, but three other lines are now
projected and the construction Of one will soon
be begun. Two of the roads will connect Tai
lahassee with the Georgia system.
Good farming lands can now be had at low
prices, IS to $50 per acre, according TO loca-
ton.
HYPERION COUNTY.
In this county stock can be fed at extremely
low cost, and several crops of different kinds
gotten from the same ground in year. We
can get off q crop of Irish potatoes, tomatoes,
watermelons, oats, etc, in May, June or July,
and in August you can cut beggar weed IA spon
taneOus growth and complete stock food) at
very small cost to NOW, and ensilage yield 10 to
30 tons to the acre. We can plant in August Or
September in turnips, rye, etc; we can add cot
ton seed meal Jour native product and concen-
trated and nutritious stock food) at really no
legitimate cost, as we use it as fertilizer and
its passage through stock does not take from its
fertilizing properties, but renders il in more
available condition for plant food We can
up stumps and using proper implements. l
planted piece Of land last year In Irish pota-
toes in January, corn for silo in May peas in
August and rye in October four successive crops
on same land in one year, the rye extending in
10 this year. l saved all the rye for seed except
One-half acre, which was cut as needed, and fed
ten head of cattle for four months, with only a
small addition of cotton seed that cost 10 cents
per bushel. | cut enough beggar weed and crab
grass hay from about tive acres to feed Is mules
for six months, instead of pulling fodder, which
is more damage to the corn than the fodder is
worth. We can make from four hundred to six
hundred gallons of syrup to the acre. and two
hundred to six hundred bushels of sweet pota.
toes 10 the acre. Our LeConte pear trees are